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Wayne Bowen

The Pen and the Sword

Wayne Bowen received his Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University, and is also an Army veteran.

The Islamic State, terror and the Muslim world

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

The Obama administration is leading a multi-front offensive against the Islamic State (IS), a terrorist movement in the Middle East that has seized large areas of both Iraq and Syria, in the name of re-establishing a single caliphate -- a government combining religious and political authority -- over all Muslims.

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